From the publisherA collection of ghost stories, traditional and modern, drawn from many cultures and from many parts of the world, this book contains some conventional, literary ghost stories, some written by modern children's authors, and some traditional tales and urban legends. Edited by Dennis Pepper.

Contents:

Introduction by Dennis Pepper

The Rivals by Vivien Alcock

Spook House by Marc Alexander

The House with the Brick-Kiln by E.F. Benson

The Monkeys by Ruskin Bond

Room at the Inn by Sydney J. Bounds

The Crown Derby Plate by Marjorie Bowen

Mayday! by Redvers Brandling

It Was Rose Hall by Petronella Breinburg

Earthbound by Roberta Simpson Brown

The Marble Hands by Bernard Capes

Fat Andy by Stephen Dunstone

Bang, Bang — Who’s Dead? by Jane Gardam

Carlotta by Adèle Geras

Little Black Pies by John Gordon

The Guitarist by Grace Hallworth

The Chocolate Ghost by Julia Hawkes-Moore

Children on the Bridge by Kenneth Ireland

Rats by M.R. James

The Haunted Mill by Jerome K. Jerome

The Last Bus by J.M. Johnson-Smith

The Scene of the Crime by Gerald Kersh

’Tain’t So by Maria Leach

The Servant by Michael MacLiammoir

In Black and White by Jan Mark

The Warning by Joyce Marsh

John Charrington’s Wedding by E. Nesbit

Dead Call by William F. Nolan

Caves in Cliffs by Josh Pachter

The Running-Companion by Philippa Pearce

Gibson’s by Ann Pilling

The Servant by Alison Prince

The Ring and the Rib by J.J. Reneaux

A Pair of Muddy Shoes by Lennox Robinson

The Hard-Working Ghost by Dal Stivens

The Tale of Caseley Halt by Barry Sutton

Christmas Meeting by Rosemary Timperley

An Apple for Miss Stevenson by Michael Vestey

Dual Control by Elizabeth Walter

The Call by Robert Westall

The Little Yellow Dog by Mary Williams

Original title: The Young Oxford Book of Ghost StoriesOriginal languages:
English